The Energy Working Group will evaluate and recommend short- and long-term mitigation strategies to reduce gross and net annual greenhouse gas emissions from Maine's energy sector, as well as evaluate and recommend short- and long-term strategies and actions for adaptation and resiliency to climate change. For meeting details, agendas, minutes, and handouts, please visit our meeting calendar and search for this working group.

Working Group Members

Co-chairs

• Dan Burgess, Governor's Energy Office
• Ken Colburn, Symbiotic Strategies, LLC

Members

Chad Allen, Longroad Energy 

Alison Bates, Colby College 

Richard Bennett, Maine State Legislature

Johannah Blackman, A Climate to Thrive 

Michael Burgess, Penobscot Indian Nation 

Tony Buxton, Preti Flaherty / Industrial Energy Consumer Group

Martin Carriere, Bates College 

Steve Clemmer, Union of Concerned Scientists 

Ben Cracolici, Maine Public Utilities Commission 

Scott Cuddy, Maine Labor Climate Council 

Greg Cunningham, Conservation Law Foundation 

Eliza Donoghue, Maine Renewable Energy Association 

Bill Harwood, Office of the Public Advocate

Audrey Hufnagel, Maine Youth for Climate Justice 

Mark Lawrence, Maine State Legislature 

Ashley Luszczki, Maine State Chamber of Commerce 

Suzanne MacDonald, National Renewable Energy Laboratory 

Gina Mace, Summit Utilities

Fortunat Mueller, Revision Energy 

Moise Mulamba, Ready Seafood 

Jason Parent, Aroostook County Action Program 

Julie Rosenbach, City of South Portland 

Gerry Runte, Maine State Legislature 

Guillaume Sebahutu, ReVision Energy 

Jack Shapiro, Natural Resources Council of Maine 

Aaron Smith, Avangrid

Michael Stoddard, Efficiency Maine Trust 

Patrick Strauch, Maine Forest Products Council 

Sarah Tracy, Pierce Atwood 

Nathan Wadsworth, Maine State Legislature

Jake Ward, University of Maine 

Tom Welch, consultant, retired PUC chair